Marine Le Pen: Trump’s election is a ‘political revolution’

LONDON — Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. has paved the way for a political revolution in next year’s French presidential election that will reshape the world order ending American dominance in Europe, Marine Le Pen said Sunday.

In an unprecedented interview on the BBC’s flagship Andrew Marr show, the leader of France’s far right National Front party, said Trump's election victory “made possible what had previously been presented as impossible.”

She insisted the EU should not last “more than two minutes” longer, calling for a new model based on “movements devoted to the nation” with close cooperation between European capitals and Moscow and less reliance on Washington through NATO.

Le Pen said NATO was a “tool for making sure countries that are part of it comply with the will of the United States.” She said that was “something I find unbearable.”

“Clearly Donald Trump’s victory is an additional stone in the building of a new world, destined to replace the old one,” she said.

“Obviously we have to compare this victory with the rejection of the European constitution by the French people, of course, with the Brexit vote, but also with the emergence of movements devoted to the nation -- patriotic movements in Europe.

“All these elections are essentially referendums against the unfettered globalization that has been imposed upon us, that has been imposed upon people, and today has been clearly shown to have its limits,” she said.

Trump's election triumph was a “victory of the people against the elite,” Le Pen said.

Next year’s presidential elections in France would “establish some real choices of civilization,” she said and lashed out against the EU and its immigration policy, based on open borders.

“Do we want a multicultural society, following the model of the English-speaking world, where fundamentalist Islam is progressing… or do we want an independent nation, with people able to control their own destiny, or do we accept to be a region, managed by the technocrats of the European Union.”

Le Pen compared the European Union to the Soviet Union. “The Brussels wall will have come down just like the Berlin wall came down. The EU, this oppressive model, will have disappeared. But the Europe of free nations will have been born.”

She called for “cooperation agreements” with Russia and said there was “absolutely no reason we should turn systematically to the United States.”

“I don’t see why we should recreate, virtually, this wall between European countries and Russia, unless to obey the orders of the United States, up until now, have found an interest in this.”

She blamed the EU and the U.S. for destabilizing Europe’s relations with Russia, and insisted there was not “a hair’s breadth” between her party and UKIP regarding immigration and the European Union.

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VC

How much of this utter trash are we willing to tolerate? Fundamental Islam, seriously? That’s scaremongering at its finest. Once these people used the Jews, now they just changed to Muslims.

Certainly open immigration policies can be questioned if there is political will to it. But from here to wasting half a century of efforts in uniting mainland Europe (the only way we can stand the economical competition of huge countries like those Marine Le Pen
praises and fears, Russia, the US, …) seems reckless and plainly stupid.

Posted on 11/13/16 | 1:00 PM CET

YYY

The people are not stupid, they can smell a lie from miles away! People always prefer truth above lies. And we all know the Political Correct & Left & christians are entangled in lies and beliefs where the raw truth is that the real issues can be summarized in 3 words: Refugees, Mus|ims and |s1am. The latter two can be summarized as a cancer and destroyer of civilisation where the refugees clearly are mixed between real victims and perpetrators of the latter two groups.
Confused? Here, the largest genocide of human history: bit DOT ly/2g2RDVF
That’s the future of Europe and that’s what the people see as their nr.1 priority.

Posted on 11/13/16 | 1:49 PM CET

Ronald Grünebaum

Looking forward to the real debate in France once the other candidates are known.

How will Le Pen sell the French her silly idea to leave the Euro and replace it with some new discount Francs? How will she tell them that Germany will from now on be confronted economically and politically, all to the benefit of France? How will she prove that France does not need trade and can live fully self-sustained?

That woman has nothing to offer that can stand the slightest scrutiny.

Posted on 11/13/16 | 1:54 PM CET

Sooty

A nice sexists comment! Those are just the sort of things people said about Trump and, indeed, about the vote Leave campaign in the UK. M Grunebaum’s complacent, arrogant comments are just the sort of thing that electors are increasingly turning against. Ignore Madame Le Pen at your peril.

Posted on 11/13/16 | 5:36 PM CET

Chris

Except more people voted for Clinton. In-fact she’s on pace to receive more votes than any US presidential candidate in history except Barack Obama.

Posted on 11/13/16 | 6:59 PM CET

Sooty

Interesting that my reply to M Grunebaum, originally published, has now been deleted. You euro federalists really don’t like to hear counter arguments, especially when they’re correct!!!

Posted on 11/13/16 | 9:39 PM CET

Jodocus

Yup. Narrowminded nationalism, bigotry, luddite economics and asinine defense policy all lined up to wreck NATO, reduce Western Europe’s economies to the level of the Balkans and gut most of what we’ve built over the past 40 years within the EU.

Thanks French populists, Brexiteers, and Trump.

Let’s just hope we have a few months of reality (as in: a record of what mr. Trump actually does as opposed to what his campaign slogans say). So his actions and their likely consequences can sink in a bit before people start voting for the same thing to be implemented over here.

Perhaps a sobering thought for wanton Brexiteers: if Le Pen-style nationalists gain the upper hand in France, the UK can kiss any dreams of “free trade” with the EU goodbye. France will turn protectionist … and with it (to some extent) the EU. Means the end of City-based firms operating in France (and perhaps the EU) plus import tariffs for Nissan’s UK-made cars.

Posted on 11/14/16 | 1:06 AM CET

Knokke

Jodocus

Narrow national interest, Luddite economics, reducing parts of the EU to Balkan levels of prosperity, yes, I recognise your description of the Euro. Asinine defence policy and destabilising NATO, Tatar, the EU army. Probably wiser to not throw stones in that glass house of yours lol

Posted on 11/14/16 | 5:39 AM CET

Sooty

That’s the trouble with you arch federalists. You can’t conceptualise, can’t envisage a world different from the one you inhabit and want to continue. The idea that if, I repeat, if, Le Pen is President she is going to tax Nissan (in which Renault has a significant interest!) cars and Britain will retaliate with tariff increases on Renaults and Citoens, plus of course, French wine, is laughable. IF she becomes President, it will be part of a large scale realignment the outcome of which is uncertain but it most certainly WON’T be like now only more so.

Posted on 11/14/16 | 11:18 AM CET

Marine de Ark

Let’s help liberate our oldest allies from the tyranny of the globalists.

Marine Le Pen for President 2017

Make France Great Again!

Posted on 11/16/16 | 7:37 PM CET

Al Hoove

Please, Marine. Not the EU and US destabilizing relations between Europe and Russia. Rather, the EU with its globalist agenda and Obama/Clinton/Kerry cheering on, leading with their behinds. There’s a huge difference. Please understand that Trump wishes France and the French people well, but not your globalist elites. Again, there’s a difference.

Posted on 11/17/16 | 2:51 AM CET

David T

La Pen is a patriot. They know this in France, and the international-left is scrambling for cover. Hear that Ronald? That is the sound of industrial paper shredders being operated 24/7 by your comrades. Don’t forget the bleachbit!